<p>Hey guys, so Junior Year is almost over, and it looks like it's time for a chances thread about where I'm at in terms of college admissions, and about potential schools... so, without further ado:</p>
<p>Indian Male, CA, Competitive Public (like #3-4 in CA)</p>
<p>ACADEMICS</p>
<p>SAT: 2310 (M:780 W:800 CR:730 E: 8 lol :))
SAT II: 770 MII, 730 USH, 710 Bio (I'm retaking the last two in...oh crap! 1 week!)</p>
<p>GPA: Eh...not so good here...3.7 ~ish UW.
Toughest courseload possible though... my junior schedule:</p>
<p>AP USH
AP Bio
Spanish 3
Honors Computer Science C++
AP Calculus AB
Honors Physics</p>
<p>APs: So far just AP Euro (5). But I took US, Bio, and Calc. AB this year...we'll see.</p>
<p>Academic Awards and such:</p>
<p>99th Percentile: among top 16,000 Juniors in the nation.</p>
<p>Captain of the La Ca</p>
<p>UCLA/Berkeley: match</p>
<p>As for the rest, you look to be in pretty good shape -- great ECs, awards/honors, etc. Try to show a passion/focus in it all, though.</p>
<p>oh shoot, i wrote the wrong GPA...my cumulative UW GPA is 3.65...yeah...my grades suck</p>
<p>bump...any suggestions as to what i can do to improve, any colleges i should look into, etc?</p>
<p>come on guys...any suggestions at all?</p>
<p>You have a great shot at all of them. you shouldnt be worrying. u are definately going to one of them.</p>
<p>With a 3.65 UW GPA...</p>
<p>Berkeley/UCLA: reach</p>
<p>Whoa, Kyle, big difference between definite match and a definite reach!</p>
<p>oh well...i know my GPA sucks...</p>
<p>know any other schools that have good BME programs? Not just you kyle, i mean anyone...</p>
<p>Yeah, the UCs, especially the top ones, stress GPA immensely. But I will add: you definitely have a chance, since your ECs/awards are pretty good and you attend a competitive public school (which could make up for a somewhat weak GPA). Don't give up hope. =) Also, your research and whatnot should give a definite leg-up at Stanford.</p>
<p>Isn't JHU supposed to have the best BME?</p>
<p>yeah, lol, that's another school that I forgot to write down on my list...</p>
<p>Also, I'm thinking of applying EA to Georgetown, Caltech, and MIT. What are some other schools that offer EA? (Not SCEA, mind you...)</p>
<p>UCLA-high match (gpa man...)
MIT-reach (i cant say high reach, mit is weird in their decisions)
Georgetown-idk.
Caltech-reach (but...u have a shot. a science patent dude? excellent.)
Stanford-reach (again, research+patent=you have a shot.)
Duke-high match
Columbia-reach
Dartmouth-high match
JHU-for BME? high reach.
Berkeley-high match (again, gpa...)</p>
<p>ok and, try college matchmaker at collegeboard to find BME schools. </p>
<p>and, suggestions (for BME):
Carnegie Mellon
Yale
Washington U in St louis
UPenn
Rice
Northwestern
U of Rochester
Boston U
UT Austin
...
etc.</p>
<p>thanks a lot sriharifez!</p>